Japan, 2 December 2007 (By Raju Thakur, Japan Times) - Lhamo Thondup was born on July 6, 1935 in Taktster, a small village in the Amdo region of northeast Tibet. But neither his p...
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 October 2009 (By Max Harrold, The Gazette) - Know thyself and have an open heart toward others. That was the simple yet potent message delivered...
Teachings in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India from January 7 to 10: His Holiness will give four days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug). T...
Tenzin Gyatso; The Fourteenth Dalai Lama The purpose of lifeONE GREAT QUESTION underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: What is the purpose of l...
A Prayer Composed by:His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassionof the Three Jewels; the Buddha, the Teachings,and...
General presentation of the Dharma The Buddha's Dharma, can be divided to two vehicles, the Hinayana and the Mahayana. The Hinayana itself can be divided into the vehicle of the...
If there is one area in which both education and the media have a special responsibility, it is, I believe, our natural environment. This responsibility has less to do with questio...
These days the environment- the source of life for all beings in the world including Tibet, the Land of Snows- is undergoing extensive degeneration. At this time it is extremely im...
During the course of my extensive travels to countries across the world, rich and poor, East and West, I have seen people reveling in pleasure, and people suffering. The advancemen...
In Tibet, mountains are often considered the adobes of deities. For example, Amnye Machen, a mountain in northeastern Tibet, is regarded as the home of Machen Pomra, one of the mos...
As the twentieth century draws to close, we find that the world has grown smaller. The world's peace have become almost one community. Political and military alliances have created...
As a boy studying Buddhism, I was taught the importance of a caring attitude toward the environment. Our practice of nonviolence applies not just to human beings but to all sentien...
Brothers and Sisters: It is an honour and pleasure to be among you today. I am really happy to see so many old friends who have come from different corners of the world, and to ma...
Colloquium on Christian and Buddhist Traditions and Prayers in Oxford, U.K. on May 29: His Holiness will give the keynote address at the Blackfriars Hall. Contact: The Off...
Appendix [1] This is a revised version of an essay published earlier in the (Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies) (Vol., 21, no. 2 [1998]: 227-270) and re...
Bodhgaya, Bihar, India - The Kalachakra preparatory rituals went on as before this morning while four monks continued their steady work to create the sand mandala. The basic shape ...
Thiksey, Ladakh, J&K, India, 10 August 2016 - This morning, on his way to the teaching venue below Thiksey Monastery His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted the local people who we...
Los Angeles, CA, USA, 17 June 2016 - Yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama flew from Washington DC to Los Angeles on the other side of the country. This morning, he told a group o...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 3 June 2016 - Today saw the final session of a three day series of teachings His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been giving, directed primaril...
Irvine, CA, USA, 6 July 2015 - At the start of the second of three days celebrating his 80th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave an interview to Elizabeth Dias of Time magaz...
Anaheim, CA, USA, 5 July 2015 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama began the day early giving an interview to Ann Curry for KIP News. He told her at the start that today he got up at 1am ...
Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia, 13 June 2015 - Many other visitors to Uluru were happy to have the chance to greet, shake hands and take photographs with His Holiness the Dal...
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 22 October 2014 - After a stormy night, the morning was full of light as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove across Vancouver to the University of British Colu...
Dharamsala, HP, India, 13 September 2014 (OHHDL) - His Holiness the Dalai Lama is convening A Meeting of Diverse Spiritual Traditions in India to discuss some of the most important...
Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 14 July 2014 - Last night’s full moon was still setting over the mountains around the Leh Valley this morning as tens of thousands of people converged ...
